The spotted hyenas will wander during the day looking for food.
The other animals don’t seem to mind too much.
Well the healthy ones at least.
They get a lot of looks from the herds though.
But they are lazy hunters and all the animals know.
Sometimes they decide to have a sit. It is pretty hot out during the day.
But you can find them at all different times of the day.
These animals are too big to really be worried about the hyenas but they still keep a watchful eye.
In the tall grasses we sometimes spotted a few smaller Carnivores.
They weren’t easy to spot. This is a servile cat.
They weren’t all in the tall grass. This is a banded mongoose.
He was hanging out around the visitor centre.
Here is another good picture of a servile cat.
They look cute, while at the same time a bit terrifying.
This is a wild African cat. Looks like a big house cat.
An angry hunting housecat.
This one looks a lot cooler with all the spots.
It was far too hot for the banded jackal to be out and about.
There are three cheetahs in this picture. They are right there by the tree.
Want to go for a walk?
They can spot you!
But they aren’t ready to hunt us. Something smaller perhaps.
Time for a walk.
Have to go find some dinner.
The people that didn’t do the hot air balloon got to see one grab breakfast.
They said it was over pretty quickly.
It is still a bit unnerving how well they blend in. We stayed in the jeep.
The Serengeti hippos are more active during the day.
The water isn’t very deep so they have to go for walks between the different parts.
Most still have a good time chilling in the pools.
It is important to get a good days sleep.
Stacking with friends is important too.
The birds hop around on the back keeping them tick free. While the ticks on the other side get drowned after several hours in the water.
In between hunting for the big animals and cats we saw lots of birds. We don’t remember the name of most so if you want to know there are some excellent guides out there.
Starting us off is this weird looking rather large bird. Not ostrich big but still quite close.
This little guy would not stay still. Kept flying back and forth between the ground and this little branch. Just before the jeep pulled away Kerri managed to get this shot.
Up in the trees we spotted a vulture nest.
Oh this is a lilac breasted flycatcher.
Here are more vultures, but black headed.
This little one was helping clean off a hippo.
This looks like some sort of hawk.
These guys were funny because they would fan their tail feathers in the tree like the birds back in Australia.
Not sure why this is but the foot suggests it doesn’t eat small insects and seeds.
There were a few pelicans around too.
We got to see a few of the crowned cranes again too.
